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Of the Hiftory ofPlants. nena @ The Vertues, he A S pyrep eps a ftalke about; and the other hath but two,and neuer more, wherein efpeci: llyconfifteth the difference : althoughin truth I thinke it a degenerate kinde, and hath gottenathird leafe per accidens, as doth fometimes chance vito the Adders Tongue,as fhall be declared in the Chapterthat folJoweth. ths NM + 3 Thiskind ofTwaiblade, firft defcribed in the laft edition of Dodoneus , hath leaues, floures, and ftalkes like to the otdinarie , but at the bottome ofthe ftalke aboue the fibrons roots s Thejuice of Spoonewoort giuen to drinke in Alcor Beere,is a fingular medicine againfttk corruptandrottenvicérs, andftenchof the mouth: it perfeély cureth the difeafe cailéd OfHipp, crates V olunlus Hematites : of Pliny,Stomacace : of Marcellus, Ofcedo ancdofthe later Writers, Scorby. tum : ofthe Hollanders and Frifians, Scuerbuyck : in Englifh,the Scuruie: either giuing the juicein drinkeas aforefaid,or putting fix great handfuls to fteepe, with long Pepper,graines,an, nife-{eede, andliquorice, of each one ounce, the {pices being braied, and the herbes brufed with your hands, and fo put intoapot, fuchas is before mentioned in the chapter of baftard Rubarbe, and vfed in like maner ; or boiled in milke or wine and drunkefor certaine daies together itye keth thejuice like effect. : ten ; ; The drunke once ina dayfafting in anyliquor,ale,beere, or wine, dothcaufe the forehtif medicine more {peedily to workehis effe@ in curing this filrhy,lothfome,heauy,anddull difeafe, = . ithath a bulbe greenifh within,and couered with two or three skins :itgrowes in moift and wer low places of Holland. + 1 Ophris bifolia, Twaiblade 3 $ 3 Ophrisbifolia bulbofa, Bulbous Twaiblade, which is very troublefome,and of long continuance. The gums are loofed, fvolne, and exulee. tate;the mouth greeuouflyftinking; the thighes and legs are withall veryoftenfull ofblew {pots, not muchvnlike thofe that come ofbrufes: the face and the reft of the body is oftentimesofa pale colour : and thefeet are fivolne,as ina dropfie. Thereis a difeafe (faith Ovaus magnus in his hiftorie of the Northerne regions) haunting the campes, which vexe themthat are befieged and pinned vp : andit feemeth tocome byeating of falt meates, which is increafed and cherifhed with the cold vapors ofthe ftone walls. The Get manescall this difeafe(as we haue faid) Scorbuck, the fymptome or paffion whichhapnethtothe mouth,is called of Pliny susset. Stomacace-and that which belongethtothethighes aumét Ma- cellus an old writer nameththe infirmities of the mouth Oféedo : which difeafe commethofa groffe cold and toughbloud,fuch as malancholyjuice is, not by aduftion,but. offuch a bloudas is the feculent or droffie part thercof: whichis gathered in the bodyby ill diet, flothfulneffe 0 worke, laifinefle (as we terme it) muchfleepeand reft on fhip boord,aid not looking tomake cleane the bifquet fromthe mealineffe, and vncleane keeping their bodies, which arethecaules ofthis difeafe called the feuruiie or fcyrby;which difeafe doth not one y touch the outwatd parts, but the inward alfo: for the liuer oftentimes, but mof commonly fpleene,is filled twith this kinde of thicke, cold and tough juice, andis fiwolne by reafon that the fubftance thereofisflacke, {pungie and porous, very apt toreceiuc {uch kinde of thickand cold humors. Which thing alfo Hippocrates hath written of inthe fecond booke ofhis Prorshetikes : theit gums (faith he)areinfeed, and their mouthes ftinke that haue great fpleenes or milts:and whofoeuer hauegreat milts and vfe notto bleed, can hardly be cured of this malladie efpecially of the vicers in thelegs, and blacke fpors. The fameisaifirmed by Puulzs Agineta inhis third booke,ag. chaptenwbete you may eafilyfee the difference betweenthis difeafe and the black jaunders » which manytimes dre fo confounded together, that the diftin@ion or difference is hard to be known, but bythect- pert chirurgion:whooftentimes feruing in the fhips,as we! her Maicfties as merchants,are greatly peered with the curisig thereof: it thal! ! lifite to catrie with them the herbe dried:tht water diftilled, and the juice putintoabottlewithanarrow mouth, fullalmoft to thenecke,ald the ret filled vp withoi/e oliue,tokeep it fron putrifaction : the which preparations difercetly vied, will ftand themin great fteadfor the difea/eaforefaid The herbe ftamped andlaid vpon {pots and blemithes of the face, will take them away within fixhoures, but the place muft bewathedafter . water wherein bran hathbeen fodder with ] The Place. The firft groweth The firft i moift i medowes, fenny grounds, and fhadowieplaces groweth in i . I haue fonnd it inn many places, as at Southfleet in Kent, ina Wood of Mafter Sidleys by Long-field Downes, ina Wood by Londoncalled Hampftead Wood, inthe fields by High-gate,in the Woods by Ouen- den neere to Clare in Effex, and in the Woods by Dunmowin Effex. The fecond fortis feldome Cuar. 87. feene, Of Twayblide,or herbe Bifoile. Theyfloure in Mayand Iune. | The Defcription, : not oF Erbe Byfoilehath manyfmall fibres or threddy ftrings,faftenedvntoa final a toot,fromwhichrifeth vp a flender {temor ftalke,tender, fat, and full ofjuices oa middle whereof are placed in comely order two broadleaues,ribbed and cham i ik le. a sreenith {pike in fhape like thea leaues of Planta ine :vponthe top of e the ftalke growetha flender green!’ f made of many {mall floures, eachlittle floure refemblinga gnat, orlittle gofling newly hae * verylike thofe ofthe third fort of Seranias (tones. “Le 2 naklloras Trefoile Twaiblade,hathroots,tenderftalkes,and a bufh of ee ecedent ;Precedent but in sth in ciffereth th that, : that this: plant hath three ; leaues whichdo clip or ambra' embr wall q] The Time. 4 @ The Names, It iscalled ofthe later Herbarifts, Bifolium, and Ophrit. | The Natare andVertues. re reportedofthe Herbarifts ofour time to be good for greene wounds, burftings, and ieee [haue in my vngueats and Balfamsfer greene wounds had great experience, tnd good fuecefle, ihe Cait. |
